Just finished up two days of clinics on the Truckee River. It’s been a while since I’ve done anything like that. I had a great time, and met some great people. We learned my rigs, knots, flies, and did some streamering, on switches and single handed rods, and how I fish them. Got a text today from Shane who was in Saturdays clinic. He went out today with the techniques he learned yesterday and stuck some nice fish, stoked!  On the river front, she’s in good shape after last weeks Donner Creek rise of biblical proportions. The Truckee is in purrfect shape, and it should be a great week of fishing, hell, month of fishing. For all those that attended the clinic, thanks so much for your interest and patience for letting me teach you the things I have learned over the years. Look out for a Winter tactics clinic coming late Fall.

The Truckee is a bit big and a bit swollen. If you know how to fish in high flows, then you’ll do good, if not wait a few weeks. We ain’t gonna have to much run-off this year. It’s about 900 in the Hirsh, give or take a bit, off color, but not to bad. Personally, how I like it.  The usual suspects that muddy up the river, Juniper, Grays and Bronco creeks, are but a third of what they are on a normal water year. Remember, fish can still see your flies even if the water is of color.  Attractors should be in your box, copper johns, princes, hares ear, etc. Pull streamers up the banks, throw big dries around. I have seen march browns along with a few of our big winged carpenter ants, have those when the water clears.  This is dream catcher Charles from yesterday, crushing it on the Truckee River. He claims he’s Native American because every big fish he holds flops out if his hands, you know he doesn’t want his spirit taken from a photograph. Third times a charm I guess.

Clients had a weekend of firsts. First fish on a fly rod, first brown trout caught on a fly rod, first rainbow caught on the Truckee, and first monster brown of the season lost on the Cali side. Good times had by all. The river has come up, but is actually clearing as fast as it got muddy. Big fish get hooked in this type of water, we’ll see what happens this week.